RJA #4c : Research Question Check.

I have posted responses to two of my classmates blog sites on their choices of research topics. The first site was by Tiffany on potential gender classification on services based on the transgender population. The second was by Michelle on how important is early childhood education? Both topics and both questions were "dead on" on what their intents are. They were clear cut, yet with still unlimited potential on what can be researched. Good job on both.

RJA #4b : Search Strings.

Using Boolean operators, here are a few ways to research my topic and find out what references are available :

1) AND/ + : teachers AND reassignment
2) OR : teachers OR educators
3) ADJ : forced reassignment ADJ teachers
4) NOT : teachers NOT professors

RJA #4a : Keywords.

This entry will list several keywords associated with the title of my research project. The general title (not finalized) is the forced reassignment of teachers to needy schools.

1) Teachers : instructor, educator, mentor, coach,
2) Forced & Reassigned : pushed, moved, coerced.
3) Schools : institution, house, facility, university, college, grounds.

RJA #3c :Developing Research Question

Main Research Question :

Should teachers that are being forced from their current assignments in stable and sound schools to teach in inner city and needy schools protest them or be content to teach where help is needed the most?

I actually have several questions for research on the teachers move arguement. I will narrow it down to why are the teachers being "forced" from their schools to teach at lower income schools unhappy with these moves. To reinforce their opinions, I will incorporate several questions for my research and some of them are as followed :

1)How are these teachers being compensated?
2)Who amongst the teachers gets relocated & is it based on a heirarchy system?
3)Why does it seem that a large number of teachers being moved may not be in favor with their current districts?
4)What are any benefits to students and faculty with these moves?

RJA #3b : Narrowing Research Topic

It was discovered about only five minutes into my research that I need to broaden my research topic. I tried to picture it being in a narrow format, but if I am going to create a successful arguement the longer approach must be taken. The expansion of my topic will include the fact that these teachers should be compensated for these moves and have their records and their careers benefit with these moves. Even though these people should be committed teachers and teach wherever they are needed based on ideals of wanting to teach, the personal affect it may have on their lives should be considered by their superiors. These factors seemed to me at first to automatically side with the teachers (which is contradictory to my arguement), but my position will still stand as previously posted.

RJA #3a : Exloring Research Topic

My topic for research is of course the current negative reactions of many teachers being moved from their current assignments to help teach in the urban area schools. This situation has not been received well by many teachers, and I am proposing to defend the moves as being a part of their job, which is to teach and sometimes to teach where it is needed the most. In further looking into this headline, I realized that I need more data to defend my position, as well as add more questions to the equation. My information is currently from newpaper sources and editorials, and will come from interviews as well as web research (Technorati, Squidoo, etc).

RJA #2c="Delicious" Account.

Here is my account for "Delicious". It is wallysworld 122 @ www. delicious.com.

RJA #2b-Research Topic

As discussed in RJA #2, I chose for my research topic a current and uncomfortable subject with teachers in our area. Many teachers are being "forced" to move to teach in inner city schools as well as schools in lower income areas. Many teachers are upset about being instructed to teach at these schools, and have cited their concerns with the state. I chose this topic because, from what I have researched do far, many teachers are being moved from many "cush" districts to districts where there are far more issues (socio-economic issues, class size, etc), but those factors should not matter. When a person decides to teach, they should teach where they are needed (lower income school students may be in more of need with the obstacles they face).

Since I am studying to be a teacher, this story did strike a small nerve inside me. I do know the arguments and concerns by the teachers being moved around districts and will use their point of view on this situation in my report to be fair and not too judgemental. Being a product of the Southern California school system, I plan to use my personal experiences and research with that school system in my report. Since moves of this nature happen frequently in So-Cal, I will try to use some facts from that state to reinforce my argument.


There is still a great deal I need to learn about the moves happening to the teachers. I will interview teachers (current and former) that I already know to find out further points of view as well as obtain what I do not know from paper trails (newpapers, district reports, etc). I will get opinions as well as facts on this issue.